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APnillSin THP ni n APM THAID '•^^^^^^^ ^*'^y reindeer. Quite a snowshoeing. Adlooat consented
/\IVLfUill/ illEir yJL^U rVlVlTl VllrVIIy small fortune was this. Each De- reluctantly; he saw the true de-
"I loveit, I loveit, cember, with other boys, he would termination of his companion.
And who shall dare drive to Nome. These would be Four o'clock that day found
To chide me for loving ^^1^ .^^ ^^^^^ g^^j^ ^^^ ^j^^ g^jj, ^^^^ rounding the point still a
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ing schooner Volantia would bring good ten miles from shelter and
THE DAY OF WAR "No, I"— barrels of flour, sacks of sugar, food. Adlooat was about to say,
By Agnes Mcllroy. ..gend them out today. They'ie boxes of pilot bread, bales of call- "Wunga puzukput na gooz ruk''
O'er the nations of Europe the war ""^ "^^^^ ^^^ ^^'"'' '^^•"P" ^'^' ^" "^^--ked, "Warren Alloc- (I wanted what was right) when
cry is sounding, Truman Northrup, young su- keok. Reindeer Herder." But now Allockeok said in a low tone,
The dark smoke of battle is fillingperintendent of the Shishmaref, —he sighed as he thought of it— "Alongmut!" (white man). Before
the air; government reindeer herd of Al- now it was all over. Well, at any them in the snow were fresh
O'er the fair fields and valleys the ^ska, raised the flap of his tent rate he would do the present duty tracks made by two white men.
red blood is streaming, ^^^ called, "Allockeok! Adlooat!" ^ell. But wait; the young superin- "We will follow them," said Ai-
For war like a lever, fierce, ragmg, jj-4h,„ ^^^4- . . . . . .
Jg ^ijgj.g Two boys bounded into the tent tendent was speaking in his be- lockeok. These tracks led them
The cry of distress from its thousands at his call. half. on around the point. Suddenly
of victims "Boys," Northup said briefly, "i don't know much about the Adlooat stopped. "An-ne-ca! Rein-
Comes over the waters to surge in our "you know about the last rein- history of these people, but Alloc- deer!" he exclaimed. Sure enough;
^'^^^'^ deer. Take rifles and two days' keok certainly has made a good there before them at some disith
the horror food. Go find them. If you see showing. In throwing the lasso tance were two reindeer. But on
Of the terrible bloodshed,, the suffer- -wolves or stray dogs, kill them." he is almost as efficient as the old rounding the point both boys
ings, the tears. With these orders the boys left herders. He's a wonder at break- laughed, for right before them,
the tent.
ing sled deer. He seems to under- quietly feeding, lay the whole
II- Hadley Evans, the older white stand them and they him. I hon- herd—1,600 of them.
Oh mother!^Oh^children! we weep for ^^^^ ^^^ assistant superintendent estly believe the boy loves the un- "But what are they doing so
For dL°oTate°'homes and for hearts °f ^" ^he reindeer industry in Al- ruly creatures." far from camp" suggested Althat
must ache; aska. He made each station twice in his tent Allockeok sighed. Ah, lockeok.
For fathers and sons who have gone each year and gave each local su- yes; some way or other, these "Uba!" (look) Allockeok exforth
to battle perintendent such assistance or beautiful, shy creatures of the claimed, drawing his companion
And yielded their lives for their ^^^-^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ j,g needed. tundra had stolen a place in his behind a cHff. "Camoogans!"
Oh where shall the victor find honor '"^^^^ '^^ ^"^ ^^'"k of the two heart. He did love them. (dogs). Two gray wolf-hounds
and glory, boys" Northup asked. "I can't help all that," said were bounding across the tundra
In possession of lands that are red "Did you call that tall, slim one Evans. "I am sorry, but he comes toward the two deer feeding some
with men's blood! Allockeok" of a bad family. We must main- distance from the rest of the herd.
Shall the desolate cry of the widows -yes." stain Standards." "Uba! alongmut!" exclaimed
Any prafse°'rth; nation that con- "^^^ "^^ '^^•" .. ^''^"' thought Allockeok went on this hunt the boy again, pointing in the diquers
afford ^°^ a .moment. "Oh, yes; that's for lost reindeer with a well-nigh rection in which the white men's
/ old Teragloona's son. And the broken heart, knowing that soon tracks had trended. There were
HI- other, Adlooat, is Kitmesuk's he was to leave the camp, the the two white men, and the boys
From the nearts of God's people a boy."
joHy reindeer boys and the herd, could see clearly, by their shouts
prayer is ascending, "Voc " ^ . • , • • , , • , j ^ • ...l . ...t. .„-.,
,^,_ , t • r.- A f ^ ^„ o,,^ taking nothing with him but and gesturing, that they were
That he m his wonderful mercy and .